inspiration: No Big Deal, but, oh, the tears!
- 12/09/13 09:20 PM
As many of you know, I'm in the business of unclaimed funds. Specifically when a foreclosure or tax sale on a property has occurred. This story is one of hope and perserverance that befits the holiday season.

Someone that works with me was contacted by an elderly, retired widow whose husban, a disabled veteran had passed on almost 7 years ago. She was left with many bills left to be paid and her benefits from her husband had run out. She also was not able to collect social security because she had not worked long enough to put in the (8 comments)

en·cour·age/enˈkərij/ Encouragement is what is going to help your business grow as well as you, yourself. It doesn't matter if the idea or ideas came from someone else or from you. Implement them after giving that idea some proper thought on how it can best serve you and those around you. Do your best to avoid wasting time griping about people around you, when you can spend precious time on more productive and important things, like your business and yourself “Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as (4 comments)

Ideas are what is going to help your business grow as well as you, yourself. It doesn't matter if the idea or ideas came from someone else or from you. Implement them after giving that idea some proper thought on how it can best serve you and those around you. Do your best to avoid wasting time griping about people around you, when you can spend precious time on more productive things, like your business and yourself. “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

Wikipedia defines envy "as a resentful emotion that occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it." I don't necessarily agree with that entire definition. Envy, to me, is not always resentful. Many times if I see someone with something (material) that I would like to have, I can be envious of that person for having it without being resentful that that person has it. I also don't feel that the other person should lack that possession or achievement. There's a good (4 comments)

I've heard that character is who you are when noone is looking. Benjamin Franklin created a plan of character building for himself, which he followed religiously. This plan had thirteen qualities that still hold true today. If you would like to read his autobiography for free - click HERE. No matter how successful you are, unless you have good character, can you truly be successful?

“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."(1 comments)

What you do and how you you handle situations and people is all related to the behavior that you exude. I tend to lead by example to those around me. I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything that I wouldn't do myself unless I there wasn't anyway that I could do it, like write programming code. Your behavior in a situation says a lot about you and what kind of person you are regarding that situation. You've heard (5 comments)

You need to realize that you cannot do everything by yourself. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Everyone has his or her strengths and weaknesses. There are many out there who will tell you to work on your weakness to build them up… Why? Isn’t it better to keep moving forward utilizing your strengths and what you’re good at? Delegate those things that you are week in to others and watch your business excel. You cannot do this until you learn to let go. “A brave man acknowledges the (5 comments)

For you to concentrate on what is going on around you and with what you are doing you must have awareness. By not giving proper concentration is not focusing on attention to detail, which is what’s needed for you to succeed with all facets of your life. It doesn’t matter if it’s with business or talking you're your spouse, if you don’t concentrate on what’s in front of you – you (3 comments)

inspiration: Vocabulary: Daily Inspiration: May 25, 2012
- 05/25/12 12:29 AM
Good Friday to you! Today’s word is Vocabulary. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to speak to one another and express yourself. Don’t you owe it to yourself to know as much as possible? Especially regarding your business.

Vocabulary allows us to interpret what others are saying so that we can help them with what they want as well as express ourselves to get what we are trying to say to those around us. Take a little time each day and learn at least one new word a day. Think about it – that’s 365 new words a year!

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inspiration: Dare: Daily Inspiration: May 24, 2012
- 05/24/12 01:00 PM
Good Thurdsay to you! Today’s word is Dare. Dare to believe in what you want and in yourself Have the courage when others doubt you and your beliefs Dare to be different There’s nothing wrong with being bold Dare to go right when everyone else goes left Venture out and do things differently. Ask questions as to why and why not Dare to go against the grain Challenge conventional wisdom

Remember: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~ Confucius(2 comments)

inspiration: Failure: Daily Inspiration: May 23, 2012
- 05/22/12 09:27 PM
Good Tuesday to you! Today’s word is Failure. At Dictionary.com failure is said in the following manner: fail·ure [feyl-yer] noun 1. an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure. 2. nonperformance of something due, required, or expected: a failure to do what one has promised; a failure to appear. 3. a subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency: the failure of crops. 4. deterioration or decay, especially of vigor, strength, etc.: The failure of her health made retirememt necessary. 5. a condition of being bankrupt by reason of insolvency. Without them, where are you going? What (2 comments)

inspiration: Dreams: Daily Inspiration: May 18, 2012
- 05/17/12 09:10 PM
Good Friday to you! Today’s word is Dreams. Without them, where are you going? What are you working towards? Why even wake up? Dreams give you something to live for, a goal to achieve, a want and a desire. They are a necessary part of life that is needed to help us to achieve the things we want in life.

Whether it’s a particular type of car, a vacation, a spouse, to learn a language, to go on a special trip or it could be something spiritual. Dreams, like goals are something that helps us to move forward, not only (5 comments)

inspiration: Concentrate: Daily Inspiration: May 17, 2012
- 05/17/12 12:53 AM
Good Thursday to you! Today’s word is Concentrate. Many times, much work that we do is done on autopilot. This is fine because there are many tasks that can be done this way. Most of our money, however, comes from us dealing with someone and having to speak to him or her. This needs to be done by concentrating. It is vitally important what we say and do, because, without our bringing in new business and properly taking care of the business in front of us – we have no business! So, the next time that you are doing your business (1 comments)

inspiration: Ideas: Daily Inspiration: May 16, 2012
- 05/15/12 09:26 PM
Good Wednesday to you! Today’s word is Ideas. Ideas are needed for us to be able to move forward. These ideas do not have to be our own, however, they could becomes our own by utilizing them to our advantage for whatever you are hoping to realize. It’s helpful to you to change the way your currently doing your business (if it’s not what you are wanting it to be) by looking at what others in your business are doing successfully and putting it to use and also looking outside of your business to see what you can change so that it (2 comments)

On Dictionary.com it is defined as follows: con·fi·dence noun 1.full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed. 2. belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance: His lack of confidence defeated him. 3. certitude; assurance: He described the situation with such confidence that the audience believed him completely. 4. a confidential communication: to exchange confidences. 5. (especially in European politics) the wish to (6 comments)

inspiration: Ignorance: Daily Inspiration: May 14, 2012
- 05/13/12 09:37 PM
Good Monday morning to you! Today’s word is Ignorance. It’s amazes me when I look around in my business and find that people that are in my business take things at face value. What if those around me read something wrong or were incorrectly taught? They, then start regurgitating what they have been told, believing themselves to be right, when, they could just as easily looked up the information that they were looking for and then, perhaps, understood it there way. Many will say “so and so taught me that.” Sorry folks, it doesn’t mean that they are right about that (3 comments)

inspiration: Daily Inspiration: May 10, 2012
- 05/09/12 09:53 PM
Good Thursday to you! Sorry that I haven’t been around this week, many family obligations. Today’s word is Believe. Being in a niche business, I found it difficult to find a CRM/Tracking system that I could use with ease and simplicity for my business. Yes, I found others that I could semi-customize, however, they just never seemed to work the way I needed them to for my business and I’ve tried over 10, highly rated systems and gave them all the “college try”. I started writing down what I wanted in a system and before I knew it I had over (4 comments)

inspiration: Daily Inspiration: May 4, 2012
- 05/03/12 10:39 PM
Good Friday to you! Today’s word is Learning. Never stop learning about the subject of what you do because you will never know it all. Sometimes, the more you look into your business and a specific subject, the more there is to know. Find a niche in what you do and learn everything that you can about it so that you will be the one that someone wants to go to when that subject comes up. Become the authority (the best you can) on a specific subject. When you stop learning, you might as well lie down and die.

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inspiration: Daily Inspiration: May 3, 2012
- 05/03/12 04:22 AM
Good Thursday to you! Today’s word is Tenacity. Much like persistence and perseverance, you need to be tenacious in what you do each day and how you handle situations. Being tenacious or having tenacity means many things, yet the one that means the most to me is stubbornly unyielding. To move forward in life and in business my belief is that all three are needed: Tenacity, Persistence, & Perserverance.

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to (2 comments)

inspiration: Daily Inspiration: May 2, 2012
- 05/02/12 11:51 AM
Good Wednesday to you! Today’s word is Perseverance. Yesterday, I spoke about Persistence. I know that the two are almost exactly the same, however, I believe that with the slight differences of the two-you need both as you move forward in your life and in business. I can tell you from recent experience that persistence is definitely paying off, but I couldn’t persist without perserverance!

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt(2 comments)

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